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People think she's unqualified to run HP precisely because of her track record. During her tenure at eBay she made many terrible decisions that did long lasting damage and ultimately weakened the company. Furthermore, she suffocated any innovation within the company. HP was once a true engineer's company, it had the reputation of being one of the best places to work as an engineer, hands down. The board of HP needs to hire someone that can rekindle that spirit, and Meg Whitman inspires nothing but loathing in a huge swath of the population. Her gender has nothing to do with it.